Where the Wild Things Are

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Where the Wild Things Are
By Emily

We are doing a week long unit on "Where the Wild Things Are", by Maurice Sendak (wonderful book). You can read it to the class first, then hand out copies of the book to every student (or have them pair up if you can't get
ahold of that many copies) and interactively read it as a whole group (having students read and track as a whole group, or in small groups during reading/language arts groups. Then you have them help you write the frame "I feel like a wild thing when______" on the board and have them brainstorm ideas of when they feel like a wild thing (i.e. when they get mad, when they lose a soccer

game, get teased by an older sibling, etc). I usually use the example that I feel like a wild thing when I see people being mean to other people, it makes me really mad! Then have them write a sentence using an idea from the list of things that were brainstormed. When they are done writing, help them edit it, then they re-copy it onto best white paper and then have them illustrate it. I bound all of the pages into a class book, which is put in the class library for students to read during SSR.
This actiivty incorporates all aspects of language arts: reading, writing, listening and speaking. Hope this helps! Good luck!